Ok this is a long story so i'm sorry up front.
Picture it...Sicily 1957...um opps
that's the golden girls...
Sacramento last tuesday. I'm cooking bacon for a sandwich. i have swim trunks on so i can run down to the pool for a bit once the bacon is done. while i'm waiting i sit on the balcony reading... after some time the smoke detectors go off. place is full of smoke. my bacon burnt. i rush in and pull the skillet off the stove. the skillet is a new skillet with curved sides rather than straight sides. hot grease slouches out of the pan onto my left thigh and foot. doesn't hurt immediately and i'm worried the alarms in the apt will trigger the sprinklers so i'm running around trying to turn on the fans to blow the smoke away from the detectors. Ahhh see this is the draw back to having cathedral ceilings...they are 24 feet high and i can't reach the detectors to turn them off.
about 5 minutes go by and i realize my leg and foot are really hurting. i run in and wash the grease off my leg and oh man is it red. foot also. very painful
so i run cold water over my leg and that helps. take my leg/foot out and pain comes back within seconds. i sit on the patio for about 30 minutes with my leg in cool water trying to figure out what to do. i can't move my leg/foot because within seconds i can't hardly stand up.
finally i soak an ace bandage in cold water wrap my foot, and a second bandage for my leg. take a small bucket of cold water to the car and drive about 3 blocks to the pharmacy. got dermoplast and something else the pharmacist recommended. no blisters so it's probably only first degree and no need to see a doctor. kept in in water the rest of the night between applications of dermoplast. i stayed home from work wed and used aloe and the redness and pain was mostly gone. pain was almost all gone by weds evening. so i go back to work thurs and friday.
flash forward to sunday night. pain is back now...burn on my leg is greenish in color and is showing signs of infection (heat, and inflammation). I go to the ER this morning (about 10) i'm there until 12:30. I have a second degree burn with an infection. now i'm on 2 antibiotic pills and an ointment. i can hardly walk it hurts so much. although thankfully it doesn't hurt when i'm sitting or laying down. the doctor thought the pain now was a result of the infection
ok this is where everyone hugs and kisses me.
thank you for listening.
i think i'm staying home tomorrow.
Picture it...Sicily 1957...um opps
that's the golden girls...Sacramento last tuesday. I'm cooking bacon for a sandwich. i have swim trunks on so i can run down to the pool for a bit once the bacon is done. while i'm waiting i sit on the balcony reading... after some time the smoke detectors go off. place is full of smoke. my bacon burnt. i rush in and pull the skillet off the stove. the skillet is a new skillet with curved sides rather than straight sides. hot grease slouches out of the pan onto my left thigh and foot. doesn't hurt immediately and i'm worried the alarms in the apt will trigger the sprinklers so i'm running around trying to turn on the fans to blow the smoke away from the detectors. Ahhh see this is the draw back to having cathedral ceilings...they are 24 feet high and i can't reach the detectors to turn them off.
about 5 minutes go by and i realize my leg and foot are really hurting. i run in and wash the grease off my leg and oh man is it red. foot also. very painful
finally i soak an ace bandage in cold water wrap my foot, and a second bandage for my leg. take a small bucket of cold water to the car and drive about 3 blocks to the pharmacy. got dermoplast and something else the pharmacist recommended. no blisters so it's probably only first degree and no need to see a doctor. kept in in water the rest of the night between applications of dermoplast. i stayed home from work wed and used aloe and the redness and pain was mostly gone. pain was almost all gone by weds evening. so i go back to work thurs and friday.
flash forward to sunday night. pain is back now...burn on my leg is greenish in color and is showing signs of infection (heat, and inflammation). I go to the ER this morning (about 10) i'm there until 12:30. I have a second degree burn with an infection. now i'm on 2 antibiotic pills and an ointment. i can hardly walk it hurts so much. although thankfully it doesn't hurt when i'm sitting or laying down. the doctor thought the pain now was a result of the infection
ok this is where everyone hugs and kisses me.
thank you for listening.
i think i'm staying home tomorrow.




